This is another special week here for Friday Favorites, and a bit of a deviation from the usual weekly favorites. First of all, today marks the first “official” day of summer, which makes me the happiest person on earth. This picture has been my cover photo on Facebook since winter. After enduring another rough snowy […]
This is a special edition of Friday Favorites here on the blog. Instead of listing out all of my favorite discoveries of the week like I usually do, this news encompasses all four Friday Favorite themes. Plus I have a special giveaway to go with this week’s announcement! This past weekend my husband and I announced […]
The region of Friuli–Venezia Giulia (Friuli for short) in northeast Italy is a special place leaving those who have visited a longing to return. In a series of back and forth emails I had on the region with writer Elaine Brown from Hawk Wakawaka Wine Reviews she wrote, “In Friuli I felt this deep calm […]
A roundup of some of my favorite things this week in the categories of wine, food, travel, and lifestyle. Wine The perfect summer value rosé L’Escargot Rosé 2012 Côtes de Gascogne, France Grapes: 70% Grenache 30% Syrah 12% abv | $10 (purchased) We first encountered this wine a few weeks ago at one of our […]
I started this post almost two years ago and never published it. With summer on the horizon I thought this might still be useful to families as they begin to make travel plans… Or if you’re like me, you really don’t “plan” at all, and instead rely on last minute recommendations on the fly, then […]